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TOI-Billboard, March 25, 2005 "Justice will be measured
here"
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"Justice will be measured here, and not in the courts" Refuser update - Eyal, Nimrod, Yahel, Yoni Border Patrol Drama in Bil`in (reported by Machsomwatcher) Settlers poison Palestinian land A new crime: "talking to journalists" Students wake up, by Yuval Adam Israeli delegation to Kuala Lumpur conference What future for the two peoples? Tony Klug The dictatorship of practicality, Sefi Rachelevsky in Haaretz Brit. Consulate's wall reminds of wall the British oppose, Jerusalem Post Even fewer at the next demonstration, Meron Benvenisti in Haaretz The Israeli left is opting for suicide, Tanya Reinhart in Yediot Aharonot One Step Back in the Mideast, New York Times editorial March 23 >><<
It was the week of
the spectacle how to save a bad budget in order to let a bad government survive.
Tulkarm was finally handed over, but not the villages around. It was the week of
yet another government provocation, its decision to build 3500 settlement houses
between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim. It was the week of frustration because
grassroots didn't get enthusiastic over a left-wing demonstration in support of
Sharon. But it was also a week of fierce struggles and hot
debates.
>>Activism this week<< "Justice will be measured here, and not in the
courts"
Rabbi Arik Ascherman (Rabbis for Human Rights) in a dramatic week: After their
conviction in the court for having hindered bulldozers destroying houses
Ascherman and activist Omer Uri - who of course didn't deny the charges -
hurried to the ruins of the Da??ari family??s home. There, Rabbi Ascherman
promised that the house will be rebuilt, and added that 'justice will be
measured here, and not in the courts.'
Full text of the
RHR press release http://rhr.israel.net/pdf/press_release_22_03_05.pdf
(And if you
didn't know that the carnaval-like Purim holidays of this week have positive
moral aspects in them read Ascherman's words for the judge: http://rhr.israel.net/pdf/planned_remarks_22_03_05.pdf
~~~ Refuser update - Eyal, Nimrod, Yahel,
Yoni
Eyal Brami ?? the
first prisoner among the signatories of the new High School Seniors' Letter ??
sentenced to 28 days in prison
Nimrod Regev imprisoned for refusing to be stationed in the Occupied Territories CO Yahel Avigur released from prison. Due to be imprisoned again soon CO Yoni Ben-Artzi ?? Supreme Court appeal hearing Recommended Action Border Patrol Drama in Bil`in (reported by
Machsomwatcher)
Ofra Katz -
March 24
About the arrest
of a 12 year old, and his release in the middle of
nowhere
"The villagers
searched for him everywhere, including he settlements in spite of the fear, and
all around the village. Nerves at the hotline were at their rawest. Two army
details went out looking for the child but obviously he wouldn`t get near them,
frightened as he was."
Settlers poison Palestinian
land
Gush Shalom
& ISM joint press release, March 23
Sheep and gazelles
are dying - settlers of a manifestly illegal hilltop are suspected of
having spread poison in huge stretches of Palestinian land; the Israeli
police appointed investigator... from among the suspected
settlement
read
more
https://mailman.gush-shalom.org/pipermail/press/2005/000035.html http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=1137 ~~~ A new crime: "talking to
journalists"
International
Federation of Journalists accuses Israel of bullying and intimidation in its
continuing campaign against Mordechai Vanunu, who may be sent back to prison -
for talking to reporters.
"Israel is creating
a new crime - talking to journalists," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary.
"It is a shocking betrayal of democratic principles in what is a vindictive
campaign of bullying and intimidation against a man who has served his time."
Students wake up, by Yuval
Adam
What triggered the
outburst of the past two weeks of "Intifada" by Israeli students was the
sharp slashing of the budget for higher education. Started at the campus
of Tel-Aviv University, it spread to the students all over the country. The
Haifa demonstration escalated into a clash with the police, with
dozens of students arrested. On TV, students were shown chanting "Yesh Kibush,
Yesh Avtala - Eyn Sikkuy La'haskala" ("with occupation and unemployment,
education has no chance") showing that the students conceive their struggle as
part of a bigger one. With the Israeli left so long in a state of paralysis this
development is remarkable.*
The
following account by student activist Yuval Adam appeared at http://www.shadowgov.org - it details from
within how the increase in awareness happened among Tel-Aviv students during the
past year.
Read the
translation at:
http://www.geocities.com/toi_billboard/Yuval_Adam.htm *The press articles
(below) about the crisis in the left are marked with
-*-
~~~ Israeli delegation to Kuala Lumpur
conference
March 27 - April 2,
an Israeli delegation will be in Malaysia at the occasion of the Peace in
Palestine conference at Kuala Lumpur.
Gershon Baskin -
IPCRI
Adi Dagan - Coalition of Women for Peace Yitzchak Frankenthal - Arik Peace Institute Adam Keller - Gush Shalom Beate Zilversmidt - The Other Israel Conference
background and program at: http://www.worldcivilsociety.com/programme.asp
~~~ What future for the two peoples? Tony Klug "If the Palestinians
fail to gain their place in the sun, the Israelis will never be left in peace to
enjoy theirs. Conversely, the Palestinians will never win their freedom if the
Israelis are convinced it will be at their expense. Each holds the key to the
other??s destiny. They will succeed or fail together."
(Tony Klug
addressing a public meeting of the Jewish Forum for Justice & Human
Rights, 21 March, London)
>>From the English-language Israeli
press<<
-*-
The dictatorship of practicality, Sefi Rachelevsky in Haaretz After the "dizzying
success" of the deliberate blindness that
accompanied the waning period of Oslo, which allowed turning a blind eye from the continuing construction and development of the settlements and what was being done to the Palestinians, an entire culture is now being enlisted to ignore everything just to avoid getting in Sharon's way. Brit. Consulate's wall reminds of wall the British oppose, Jerusalem Post Khaled Abu
Toameh - Mar. 23, 2005
The British
Consulate's Arab neighbors in east Jerusalem are outraged at a
security
barrier being erected at the insistence of the British government to protect its diplomats, saying it reminds them of Israel's security fence in the West Bank, which Britain opposes. -*- Even fewer at the next demonstration, Meron Benvenisti in Haaretz The Labor Party will
not be able to raise any appeals because the plan
was originally approved in principle by Yitzhak Rabin's government, though never implemented, and, in general, "Ma'aleh Adumim is in the consensus." Nobody will pay any attention to the protests from the Palestinians. What do they want? Didn't they get Gaza and the Palestinian cities? And maybe, just maybe, "if the terror is eradicated," they'll get half the West Bank, patched together with bridges and tunnels "that create contiguity, but that's not a matter for right away," as Sharon has said. -*- The Israeli left is opting for suicide, Tanya Reinhart in Yediot Aharonot Translation by Mark Marshall for The
Occupation Magazine
To judge by
the political discourse, being a leftist today means supporting Sharon. Even
when his government decides yet again to postpone the evacuation of the illegal
outposts to an unknown future date, the pundits explain that the mere fact that
he even raised the matter for discussion in the government is indicative of the
seriousness of his intentions. Sharon will evacuate Gaza first, they say, and
afterwards the outposts, and in the end maybe even the West Bank.
One Step Back in the Mideast, New York Times
editorial March 23
Maybe Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon of Israel doesn't quite get it yet, but this new era of hope in the
Middle East means he needs to restrain his instincts for settlement building.
On Monday, Israel
publicly confirmed plans to expand the already large settlement a few miles east
of Jerusalem called Maale Adumim. In a community already housing 30,000
residents - not to mention a Blockbuster Video, Ace Hardware and other shops -
Israel plans to build an additional 3,500 new housing units.
The Palestinians
have rightly criticized this as a major obstacle to ever resolving one of the
most emotional and intractable issues between the two: the final borders of
Israel and eventually Palestine, and the dividing up of
Jerusalem.
We all know that any
final peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians will have to include an
adjustment of borders; returning to the 1967 lines is fine in theory, but there
are too many Israeli Jews living outside those boundaries to expect all of them
to move. But that is precisely why adding to those numbers right now is so
cynical. And claims by the Israelis that they never intend to give certain
settlements back anyway just don't cut it.
Mr. Sharon is
unfairly trying to stack the deck before peace talks even begin by expanding the
Jewish presence around the traditionally Arab eastern parts of Jerusalem. Such a
move could further seal off those Israeli Arabs in east Jerusalem from
Palestinian areas in the West Bank.
Mr. Sharon deserves
credit for the upcoming withdrawal of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip.
The disengagement promises to be emotionally gut-wrenching, pitting young
Israeli soldiers against Zionist settlers who believe that God gave them the
land from which they're about to be evacuated. But building new settlements is
the wrong way to ease that political pressure.
Israel can't simply
exchange Gaza for more settlements in the West Bank. There is no realistic
substitute for a negotiated resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and
such a pact will never happen without Israeli withdrawal of most of its
settlements. That's withdrawal, not expansion.
The Maale Adumim
expansion is also a slap in the face of the new Palestinian president, Mahmoud
Abbas. Mr. Abbas, at his own political peril, has gone further in three months
toward making peace with Israel than Yasir Arafat ever did.
But the Palestinian
people must have confidence that their new leader can eventually get them a fair
deal; that their growing willingness to lay down their arms will one day win for
them an independent Palestine with enough land in the West Bank and Gaza to make
a viable country. How is Mr. Abbas supposed to make that case when Mr. Sharon is
building more settlements?
President Bush has
done an admirable job since the death of Mr. Arafat in applying the right amount
of carrots to encourage the Palestinians to start acting as if they're
interested in a real peace deal. Yesterday Adam Ereli, the State Department's
deputy spokesman, said: "U.S. policy on this issue is very clear. There needs to
be an end to settlement activity."
Mr. Bush may need to
make sure he personally delivers that message, with some tough love if need be,
to Mr. Sharon.
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